Economics Category
James Carville is Correct
Posted on August 21, 2022 Leave a Comment
This is a copy of email sent to Politics War Room responding to James Carville’s argument that there is no serious defense for supply side, trickledown economics…at least not a defense for the trickle-down part, which has more or less been the point of promoting supply side arguments. Politics War Room, “David Maraniss: A Path […]
Neoliberalism Lies: James Carville is Right
Posted on August 9, 2022 Leave a Comment
This is an email sent to Al Hunt and James Carville at their Politics War Room podcast. Hello Al and James, When talking about trickle-down economics arguments, James Carville is 100% correct. All that tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy do is make corporations and the wealthy richer. It amazes me that anyone with […]
Student Loan Debt Crisis: Cancel Debt
Posted on January 31, 2021 Leave a Comment
Summary Comprehensive student loan relief corrects past policy errors. This is an economic issue. Education is a public good. Over the last 50 years, policy priorities reduced public funding for education. Reduced public funding put more cost burden on students. Public opinion and policy makers leaned on retrenchment to cut perceived “waste” and inefficiency in […]
W. Shane Schmidt 